| Tuesday, February 28, 2006 |
| Blame it on the Times |
The NYT is suing the Pentagon to get the names of those surveilled by the NSA...
Count the Jawans not happy... and once again, count the Times accused of aiding "the ter'rists..."
Strata's on a rampage, too (surprise, surprise -- good to see his favorite whipping boys -- the media -- back in action I suppose ...) He thinks "the leakers" of this security damaging info are Rockefellar and Durbin! (Hm... I thought the leakers of the security damaging info were Scooter "subpoena the press" Libby and Karl Rove... uh, I mean ... "Official A..." go figure.)
As for me, I think the NYT suit, if it's successful, will uncover a fact that links the Libby and NSA stories: that among the "al-Qaida assets" being listened to by the NSA (when a ter'rist calls Americuh), were journalists, just like the ones Scooter plans to subpoena... And maybe a few Senators, too. Wouldn't that be interesting. Although, as Glen Greenwald has said, "when forced to choose between conservative principles or loyalty to Bush, Bush followers will expressly toss conservatism overboard and disclaim an association with its principles."
Personal freedom -- of the press and of the people from onerous government intrusion are supposedly among those conservative principles. Oh, sorry, forgot -- those are pre-9/11 principles...
Tags: politics, News, Bush, national security, NSA, government, spying, president |
posted by JReid @ 12:06 AM   |
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